Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Foolishness Quotes

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal...

There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal...

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a...

I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a...